International Guidelines for Biosecurity Ethics
The purpose of this award is to develop a draft document containing “Ethical Guidelines for Biosecurity” to supplement existing codes and similar ethical documents that already exist for biological scientists. Such guidelines would help to strengthen the norms and practices that exist nationally and internationally against the misuse of the life sciences for biological weapons purpose, thus helping to prevent creation and use of biological weapons by non-State actors and national governments. Ultimately, such guidelines would incorporate input from the biological science community and be supported both by Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) States Parties and by relevant professional organizations. This project will be executed in coordination with the Office of Biological Policy Staff (BPS) and WMDT. BPS manages a wide range of policy issues at the intersection of national security, public health, and science and leads U.S. Government participation in activities related to the BWC. The guideline development process would take place under the aegis of the Inter Academy Partnership (IAP), a global network consisting of 111 national science academies, which would select the technical experts to participate, in close cooperation with the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).
Funding Agency: Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation
Deadline: April 15, 2020
Amount: $125,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #SFOP0006533
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Physical Access and Transportation
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove environmental barriers. RERCs also demonstrate and evaluate such technologies, facilitate service delivery system changes, stimulate the production and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the private sector, and provide training opportunities. Field-Initiated RERC on Physical Access and Transportation: In the area of physical access and transportation, NIDILRR seeks to fund research and development that leads to new or improved products, devices, built environments, and technological advances that enhance (1) accessibility and usability of homes and communities for people with disabilities, or (2) access to safe, accessible, and useable transportation options for people with disabilities, or both.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: April 28, 2020
Amount: $925,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 3
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency.The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 2
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – HQ
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program.The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Section 108 Foreign Currency Program (FY2020)
FAS will make foreign currencies available to eligible applicants to provide assistance in market development and agricultural technical assistance activities. This announcement supersedes all previous announcements regarding this program. Funding is currently only available in Morocco under the program. FAS is inviting proposals to use the Moroccan currency for market development projects and technical assistance activities. FAS must disburse local currencies to program participants through the disbursing officers at U.S. embassies. It is the responsibility of the recipient to arrange for the receipt and use of the foreign currencies made available through the program. Activities funded with Section 108 currencies are not limited to the country in which the currency originated. Applicants should note that the Moroccan currency cannot be converted to another currency prior to disbursement. Financial assistance under the Section 108 program will be made available on a competitive basis and applications will be reviewed against the evaluation criteria contained in this notice. All U.S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration. Under the Section 108 program, FAS enters into agreements with eligible organizations to support certain overseas marketing and promotion activities. Applicants may receive assistance only for generic activities that benefit a U.S. agricultural commodity. Proposals should include a justification for funding assistance from the program – an explanation as to what specifically could not be accomplished without Federal funding assistance and why the participating organization(s) would be unlikely to carry out the project without such assistance. Applicants may submit more than one proposal, and the number of projects per participant will not be limited. FAS will not reimburse unreasonable expenditures or expenditures made prior to the approval of a proposal. Although highly encouraged, there is no cost share requirement for Section 108 proposals. FAS will, however, consider the applicant’s willingness to contribute resources towards the project, including cash, goods, and services of the U.S. industry and foreign third parties, when determining which proposals are approved for funding. All applications under this announcement must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 30, 2020. Applications received after this date will not be considered. Applications will be reviewed as they are received as long as funding remains available. FAS anticipates that the initial funding selections will be made by the end of November 2019.
Funding Agency: Section 108 Foreign Currency 10.617
Deadline: September 30, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #2020-08
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 7
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 8
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 4
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 5
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Building Capacity for National Public Health Institutes
Consolidating and organizing public health expertise and systems within a National Public Health Institute (NPHI) is a successful way for countries to carry out essential public health functions and improve their accountability and efficiency. The CDC, with over 70 years of experience as the U.S. NPHI, is helping countries around the world increase surveillance, laboratory, and outbreak response capacity to improve recognition of and response to health threats. An NPHI coupled with stronger local outbreak detection and response capabilities offers a sustainable solution for building global public health capacity, achieving global health security, and increasing public health impact. This Notice of Funding Award (NOFO) seeks to build upon activities supported by CDC through partnerships with Ministries of Health, National Public Health Institutes, and organizations that have capacity by providing technical assistance supporting the establishment and development of strong NPHI’s globally. The CDC seeks to continue strengthening NPHI’s so that they are credible, technically expert, apolitical and prioritize the protection of the publics’ health.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – CGH
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Amount: $3,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # CDC-RFA-GH20-2107
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 6
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 10
The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, one of five basic missions of the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness and Strategic Goal One and Two of FEMA’s Strategic Plan, building a culture of preparedness and Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disaster. It helps achieve these goals by fostering strong federal, state, tribal, regional and local partnerships to identify flood risks, reduce flood losses and promote community resiliency. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-and-planning-risk-map. For additional information on the CTP Program, please visit the CTP Program website located at https://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program. The CTP program supports the FY 2020 Risk MAP Program Objectives as they continue to sharpen focus on advancing mitigation actions and prioritizing the technical credibility of its data and community engagement throughout the Risk MAP lifecycle. Furthermore, Risk MAP’s FY 2020 approach will continue to focus on: 1) Initiating new projects in watersheds with high risk; significant flood hazard data update needs; 2) Integrating data developed by mapping partners and data provided by other stakeholders into mitigation planning, risk assessments as well as informing development of actionable mitigation strategies; 3) Helping create the potential to generate community actions to reduce flood risk; and 4) Partnering to maximize funds spent at local, state and federal level and ensure they are used in concert reducing duplication. Focusing on these areas will allow Risk MAP to continue to pursue our key program measures and commitments that are reported externally and will provide the necessary management tools to assess performance and demonstrate Risk MAP’s value and effectiveness to program sponsors and stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 1, 2020
For more information: http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program/
2020 Borlaug Fellowship Program World Food Prize Event
The Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program) advances USDA’s agricultural research goals of promoting collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, agricultural professionals of the United States, the international agricultural research system, and United States entities conducting research by providing fellowships to individuals from eligible countries who specialize or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or other related fields. Fellowships promote the expansion of domestic and international markets in eligible countries by educating a new generation of agricultural scientists, increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to increase trade and agricultural economic activity by extending that knowledge to users and intermediaries in the marketplace. The collaborative nature of the training and research programs not only benefits the Fellow, his or her home institution, and partner country; the U.S. host institution, its professors, researchers, and students; and the global agricultural sector by improving agricultural productivity, systems, and processes in partnering nations through the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies. As part of the Borlaug Fellowship Program, Fellows will attend the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium (Borlaug Dialogue) hosted by the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa during the week of October 11, 2020. Dr. Norman E. Borlaug envisioned a prize that would honor those who have made significant and measurable contributions to improving the world’s food supply. His vision was achieved in 1986 through the World Food Prize, the hosting organization for the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium each year during October in Des Moines, Iowa. The World Food Prize (WFP) is the foremost international award for the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. The World Food Prize recognizes contributions in any field involved in improving the world food supply, including food and agriculture science and technology, manufacturing, marketing, nutrition, economics, poverty alleviation, political leadership, and the social sciences. The World Food Prize emphasizes the importance of a nutritious and sustainable food supply for all people. The World Food Prize also annually hosts the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium to bring the world’s foremost experts and leaders together to discuss cutting-edge issues in food security and multiple youth education programs to inspire the next generation to study and work in fields related to global agriculture. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) participates in the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium annually. Each year, FAS organizes training and events for Borlaug Fellows and their mentors. Approximately 60 Borlaug Fellows and their Mentors attend the Borlaug Dialogue each year providing opportunities to network with other Borlaug Fellows, scientists and leaders from around the globe on issues related to food security.
Funding Agency: Norman E. Borlaug Intl Ag Science and Tech 10.777
Deadline: April 9, 2020
Amount: $60,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # USDA-FAS-10777-0700-10-20-0004
NM Rangeland Resource Management
Conduct inventories, assessments and evaluations of soil and vegetation conditions as well as necessary restoration projects to promote land health and productivity and create resilient landscapes. Appropriate management of rangeland and soil resources support actions and authorizations that include, but are not limited to, such things as energy development, endangered and special status species recovery, grazing of domestic livestock, recreation, forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, and post fire rehabilitation.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 1, 2020
Amount: $2,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # L20AS00065
Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Reissue of PAR-18-546. The Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) invites applications from neuroscience investigators seeking support to advance their small molecule drug discovery and development projects into the clinic. Participants in the BPN are responsible for conducting all studies that involve disease- or target-specific assays, models, and other research tools and receive funding for all activities to be conducted in their own laboratories. In addition, applicants will collaborate with NIH-funded consultants and can augment their project with NIH contract research organizations (CROs) that specialize in medicinal chemistry, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, formulations development, chemical synthesis including under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Phase I clinical testing. Projects can enter either at the Discovery stage, to optimize promising hit compounds through medicinal chemistry to the Development stage, to advance a single development candidate through Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling toxicology studies and phase I clinical testing. Alternatively, projects can enter at the Development stage and progress in a shorter period to IND enabling toxicology studies and phase I clinical testing. BPN awardee Institutions retain their assignment of IP rights and gain assignment of IP rights from the BPN contractors (and thereby control the patent prosecution and licensing negotiations) for drug candidates developed in this program.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-122.html
Strengthening the Impact of Community Health Workers on the HIV Care Continuum in the US (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this RFA is to promote research on the use of community health workers (CHW) to improve the HIV care continuum in the United States (US). The RFA will support research on the effectiveness of scalable tools, trainings, and strategies designed to strengthen the ability of CHW to improve HIV care among people living with HIV (PLH). Research applications must incorporate a patient outcome related to the HIV care continuum, such as care engagement, antiretroviral adherence, or viral suppression. Effectiveness research that identifies the mediators and mechanisms through which CHW make impact is also encouraged, along with cost-effectiveness analyses.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 13, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-20-002.html
Strengthening the Impact of Community Health Workers on the HIV Care Continuum in the US (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this RFA is to promote research on the use of community health workers (CHW) to improve the HIV care continuum in the United States (US). The RFA will support research on the effectiveness of scalable tools, trainings, and strategies designed to strengthen the ability of CHW to improve HIV care among people living with HIV (PLH). Research applications must incorporate a patient outcome related to the HIV care continuum, such as care engagement, antiretroviral adherence, or viral suppression. Effectiveness research that identifies the mediators and mechanisms through which CHW make impact is also encouraged, along with cost-effectiveness analyses.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 13, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-20-002.html
Integrated Preclinical / Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development Program (IPCAVD) (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of the Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development Program (IPCAVD) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to facilitate the translation of vaccine candidates into early clinical testing. The IPCAVD program is designed to enable a multi-disciplinary team to complete necessary steps from final down-selection of an advanced vaccine candidate through regulatory submissions needed for clinical trial(s). These steps include technology transfer, process development, optimization, assay development and qualification, analytical testing, cGMP manufacture, quality assurance oversight, safety testing, product release, drug substance and drug product stability testing program, IND-enabling studies, and regulatory submissions. This FOA will not provide funds for conducting the clinical studies; applicants are encouraged to collaborate with NIAID-supported clinical trial networks or to develop other relationships to support the clinical studies.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 9, 2022
Amount: $3,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-120.html
NEA Arts Education Partnership (AEP), FY2020
Grant Program Description: The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (Cooperator) to administer the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a national coalition of more than 100 organizations representing the arts and education fields as well as the government and private sectors. As the AEP enters into its 25th year, the Arts Endowment seeks a Cooperator to build on the significant achievements of the AEP and its national coalition. In undertaking this work, the Arts Endowment encourages proposals in which the Cooperator partners with another national organization that can help enhance and fulfill the mission of the AEP. This Cooperative Agreement will begin no earlier than October 1, 2020, and end on September 30, 2021. An organization may submit only one proposal under this program solicitation.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: April 20, 2020
Amount: $1,050,000
For more information: https://www.arts.gov/program-solicitation-arts-education-partnership-aep
Global Health Security Partnerships: Expanding and Improving Public Health Laboratory Strategies and Systems.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity is to continue to support the implementation and expansion of programs and activities previously funded under CDC-RFA-GH15-1632 that focus on protecting and improving public health globally by building or strengthening public health laboratory capacity to: 1) prevent avoidable epidemics by promoting evidence-based policies and decision making; 2) detect threats early by improving surveillance systems; strengthen laboratory systems to detect, differentiate, and characterize pathogens; train field epidemiologists whose data analysis informs evidence-based policy; investigate outbreaks, and conduct event-based surveillance; and 3) respond effectively to infectious disease threats by creating interconnected robust public health emergency management programs, including emergency operations centers, strengthening the public health workforce, border health security, and scaling up information management and technology infrastructure. Recipients awarded under CDC-RFA-GH15-1632 should apply to build or follow-on to previously funded global health security activities. Additionally, recipients may apply to expand efforts in additional countries with special consideration given to those countries within the regions listed in the funding strategy section of this NOFO. Recipients should be able to modify their activities based on agency prioritization.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – CGH
Deadline: May 4, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # CDC-RFA-GH20-2109
Urological Epidemiology (UroEpi) Institutional Research Career Development Program (K12 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites institutional career development program (K12) applications in the area of epidemiology of benign urological conditions. This institutional program will provide scholars with research and/or clinical doctoral degrees (including MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DrPH) with the skills and resources necessary to initiate an independent research career in the epidemiology of benign urological conditions within the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows appointment of Scholars proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 18, 2020
Amount: $600,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-20-001.html
GP CESU: Survey Wintering and Migratory Birds at TAPR
The objective of this agreement is to survey migrating and wintering birds at TAPR. Data will provide preserve managers information on existing non-breeding bird use of the preserve and how management actions may impact this bird use. Survey data and a final report will be submitted to the preserve and shared with others interested in bird communities. The public purpose is to engage recipients (including youth) and partners in shared environmental stewardship by allowing students to gain hands-on experience in natural resource research. The purpose also is to create and promote research that will be disseminated to the scientific community and preserve partners. The project involves the following: Develop a survey protocol/method (involves coordinating with park staff, partner staff, and other researchers to ensure comparable/transferable data); survey birds during fall migration, winter season, and spring migration; and develop report detailing bird species encountered, habitat use, and management suggestions.
Funding Agency: National Park Service
Deadline: March 13, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #NPS-NOIP20AC00283
Strengthening Sustainability of Global Health Security Objectives in Sierra Leone
The purpose of this NOFO is to build a more resilient health care system in Sierra Leone through strengthening sustainability of Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) objectives to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats across the country. CDC seeks to continue working collaboratively with partners and other United States Government (USG) agencies to achieve specific goals in three main strategic areas: prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively to potential events of concern for public health and health security. CDC, through this NOFO, will continue to leverage and complement the strengths and resources of multisectoral and multilateral partners in Sierra Leone in the following activities: build and improve country capacity and leadership in the prevention, early detection, and provide an effective response to infectious disease threats, with, a special emphasis on four technical areas that serve as a platform for public health emergencies and health security: surveillance, laboratory systems, workforce development, and emergency response management. The outcomes will be to reach sustainable JEE scores and transfer assistance activities increasingly to the government and the National Public Health Agency, which is currently under development and should play a growing role in leading emergencies and health security in the country.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – CGH
Deadline: May 4, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #CDC-RFA-GH20-2122
2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship and Summer Enrichment Program
The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Global Talent Management, Office of Talent Acquisition (GTM/TAC) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support programmatic, financial and administrative activities for the 2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship and Summer Enrichment Program. This program is one of the Department of State’s premiere diversity recruitment programs and is fundamental to increasing the representation of diverse groups in the U.S. Foreign Service.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Human Resources
Deadline: April 20, 2020
Amount: $3,675,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #SFOP0006572
OSERS-OSEP: Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities: Model Demonstration Projects to Develop Coaching Systems CFDA Number 84.326M
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. These projects will provide support to professionals to collaborate with early learning and early intervention programs, schools, districts, and State agencies to establish the infrastructure, personnel skills, and processes necessary for an effective and sustainable coaching system. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance (TA), supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.326M.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-03/pdf/2020-04316.pdf
Sickle Cell Data Collection Program
Sickle cell disease (SCD), estimated to affect 90,000 to 100,000 Americans, is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. Major complications of SCD include anemia, debilitating pain, infection, stroke, and organ damage. Poor health outcomes may be a result of limited or no access to comprehensive care, especially during their adult years, and limited treatment options. There is no national surveillance of SCD. Consequently, there are large gaps in our current understanding of the natural course of the disease and its variable manifestations from one patient to the next. There is also a lack of consistent scientific data to facilitate informed decision-making that may lead to significant health improvements in the SCD community. A population-based surveillance system will allow for the identification of individuals with SCD and the standardized collection of information about their clinical history. Since 2015, CDC has managed the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program, a state wide, population-based surveillance system, in two states (https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemoglobinopathies/scdc.html). SCDC allows these states to analyze the health information of individuals with SCD and identify crucial gaps in their diagnosis, treatment, and access to care. The results of these analyses inform stakeholders about how these gaps can be filled through policy changes, improved health care practices, and new treatments. SCDC data have played a role in the opening of new SCD clinics, the educations of health care providers, state policies related to health care for SCD, and the enhancement of federally-funded activities across HHS. Through this NOFO, CDC plans to fund up to five recipients for a three-year period of performance to participate in the implementation of a state-wide SCD surveillance system. NOFO activities will include 1) surveillance team engagement, data collection, and annual reporting of aggregate level data (Core Component) and 2) analysis of SCD surveillance data and dissemination of results (Supplemental Component). Applicants must apply for the Core Component. Additionally, applicants can choose to apply for the Supplemental Component via a single application. This NOFO will improve and expand the current SCDC efforts by increasing the number of states to implement the program. Each state has a unique demographic makeup, distinct health care policies, and challenges related to access to care; all of these factors play a large role in the outcomes and experiences of individuals with SCD. This NOFO will enhance understanding of the incidence, prevalence, demographics, health care utilization patterns, and mortality of SCD in the United States.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – NCBDDD
Deadline: May 11, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # CDC-RFA-DD20-2003
Strategic Trends Division Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
The DTRA Broad Agency Announcement activity proposes to solicit outstanding private and public research institutions (to include – but not limited to – think tanks, industry, and universities) to develop and provide credible, timely, operationally relevant and actionable research products that inform Strategic Trends Division’s efforts to characterize the 2025 to 2030 threat environment in an era of Great Power Competition through the Strategic Trends Research Initiative. Per priorities identified by the 2018 National Defense Strategy, SI-STT seeks white papers and proposals for research studies, strategic dialogues, and tabletop exercises. While SI-STT will provide guidance and direction throughout the life of awarded projects to ensure they meet DTRA’s needs, the awarded research efforts constitute applied research and development, rather than assistance and advisory services because DTRA is asking for independently produced deliverables that are designed to identify and answer specific research questions through a research methodology proposed by the offer. The rigorous analysis will result in research products, which will inform DTRA’s thinking and advance scientific and technical knowledge in the specified topic area. See full solicitation for 2 phases application and submission details.
Funding Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Deadline: March 2, 2025
Amount: $350,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # HDTRA1-20-S-0002BAA
Global Health Security Partner Enhancement : Expanding Efforts to Improve Surveillance and Laboratory Data Interoperability
The U.S. government’s (USG) Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) envisions a world safe and secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases, and the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa further underscores the economic and humanitarian impacts of infectious diseases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to help Ministries of Health meet key International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) requirements through implementation of the GHSA. CDC seeks to work with partner countries and other USG agencies in a collaborative effort to achieve specific goals in three focus areas: Preventing avoidable epidemics; detecting threats early; and responding rapidly and effectively.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – CGH
Deadline: May 4, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # CDC-RFA-GH20-2119
Strengthening Regional Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Networks
Development of a well-trained epidemiologic public health workforce in surveillance, outbreak detection and response is essential in meeting Global Health Security objectives. In partnership with Ministries of Health and other public and private stakeholders, CDC seeks to accelerate progress toward a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats by building workforce capacity through creation and support of regional networks of field epidemiology and training programs (FETPs).
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – CGH
Deadline: May 4, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #CDC-RFA-GH20-2131
Rural Community Development Initiative
Technical Assistance & Training Grant: Qualified private, nonprofit and public including tribal intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant. The respective minimum and maximum grant amount per Intermediary is $50,000 and $250,000. The Intermediary must provide a program of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development that will support the community.
Funding Agency: Utilities Programs
Deadline: May 13, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-04/pdf/2020-04430.pdf
Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate HIV/AIDS research within the scientific mission areas of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders (NIDCD). Applications should address high priority HIV/AIDS research outlined by the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) [https://www.oar.nih.gov/hiv-policy-and-research/research-priorities] in the areas of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-123.html
Advancing HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of the NIDCD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate HIV/AIDS research within the scientific mission areas of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders (NIDCD). Applications should address high priority HIV/AIDS research outlined by the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) [https://www.oar.nih.gov/hiv-policy-and-research/research-priorities] in the areas of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-127.html
BLM-CO Strengthening Partnerships for Native Plant Conservation on Colorado’s Public Lands
The Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opportunities to work with partner organizations to accomplish goals of the BLM Plant Conservation & Restoration Program that include, but are not limited to, such things as: Support habitat management efforts to restore keystone wildlife and game species habitats and increase on-the-ground project work to reduce the threats to sage grouse, mule deer, and other sensitive species in high priority habitats; work with growers to continue to develop genetically appropriate native plant material for use in habitat restoration and reclamation; support studies to improve the effectiveness of conservation restoration efforts to include, but not be limited to, plant ecological and ecophysiological studies, seed bank persistence, plant propagation and development of agronomic production practices, and trait and/or seed source evaluations as well as seeding treatment and tool development via partners, State Offices and Eco-regional Plant Conservation and Restoration Programs; support pollinator studies and projects that increase the knowledge and nexus to the importance of native plant communities and pollinators to restoration durability and ecological function; monitor, protect, increase understanding and restore habitat that supports more than 1,700 rare plant species, more than 400 of which are found exclusively on BLM lands. These plants are integral ecological components of wildlife habitat often providing important forage and habitat structure; work with partners to implement priority species conservation actions; assist BLM programs such as Fuels and Emergency Stabilization & Restoration in restoring public lands and integrating more widespread use of native plant materials. The BLM manages these resources and other vegetation management activities in cooperation with states, tribes, other federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations; and expand public education programs and outreach to include, but not be limited to, development of information bulletins, handbooks, webinars, and apps, that also increase the Citizen Science nexus with BLM and partners.For a full announcement, instructions, and application materials, please go to www.grants.gov and search under L20AS00038 to download forms and instructions.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Amount: $150,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # L20AS00038
BLM-CO Strengthening Partnerships for Wildlife Resource Management on Colorado’s Public Lands
The Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will work with partners and maintain close collaboration with States, Tribes, other Federal agencies, and other organizations in conserving and restoring wildlife habitats to support wildlife and wildlife uses under a shared conservation stewardship approach. The BLM uses the latest geospatial data technologies to share wildlife and wildlife data within BLM and with partners to work more efficiently. The Wildlife Program leverages funds with other BLM programs to address vegetation restoration that not only improves wildlife habitat, but also increases forage for livestock, improves water quality, removes invasive weed species, and reduces the threat of catastrophic wildfires. BLM Colorado is focusing work in areas to facilitate meeting the priorities of the Administration, Secretary, Congressional appropriations, and the BLM. This includes, but is not limited to, expanding hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities and identifying areas to increase access for these purposes; working with State agencies to meet State wildlife population objectives and working with rural communities to enhance economic opportunities related to wildlife; working to enhance habitat for upland game, waterfowl, big game and watchable wildlife species; providing consistent data to streamline energy and grazing permitting, and working with partners to provide data to streamline land use planning; and partnering with conservation stewardship organizations to increase habitat quality.BLM Colorado has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with the following: Provide support to coordinate, integrate, and focus financial and in-kind investments in landscape resiliency and connectivity projects, and in areas of big game winter range, migration corridors or other important seasonal habitats; provide support for Secretarial Order No. 3347: Conservation Stewardship and Outdoor Recreation; Advance conservation stewardship, improve game and habitat management, and increase outdoor recreation opportunities by identifying areas where hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities can be expanded; provide support for Secretarial Order No. 3353 (Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States); Through implementation of collaborative efforts with State and local partners and organizations critical to addressing challenges to habitat conservation, work on sage grouse and their habitats; provide support for Secretarial Order 3356, Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Wildlife Conservation Opportunities and Coordination with States, Tribes, and Territories; incorporate analysis of the impacts of Federal land and water actions on wildlife habitat, and thus, hunting opportunities in planning and decision making; and, collaborate with state wildlife agencies to attain or sustain wildlife population goals, particularly for wildlife that is hunted; provide support for Secretarial Order No. 3362 (Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big-Game Winter Range and Migration Corridors); work with state wildlife agencies to include habitat data, and habitat & population objectives to incorporate measurable outcomes into BLM management decisions; apply site-specific management activities that conserve, improve, or restore habitat necessary to sustain local and regional big game populations; provide support for S.O. 3366, Increasing Recreational Opportunities on Lands and Waters Managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior work with state, tribal, other Federal, and non-governmental organizational partners to inventory public lands for birds and other watchable wildlife species, and to enhance bird and other watchable wildlife habitat in order to increase birding and wildlife viewing opportunities; collaborate with State, Federal, and non-government organization partners to leverage technical expertise and financial resources (cost share) to effectively assess habitat and wildlife populations in need of conservation or enhancement; develop and share science-based strategies through professional workshops, meetings, and work groups and conduct essential conservation and restoration actions to maintain sustainable healthy biological communities and wildlife of local and regional importance for reasons such as aesthetics, education, and ecosystem services; increase the percentage of Bureau Sensitive Species meeting or exceeding established objectives in Resource Management Plans or other conservation plans; including State Fish and Wildlife Agency Wildlife Action Plans; identify, conserve, and restore priority habitats (those that are locally at risk, important to local or regional communities, and contribute to national conservation for species or groups of species) so that they include native plants and are resilient to environmental stressors, such as drought, wildland fire, other unusual weather events, and insects/disease; inventory and monitor species populations and habitat, as well as the success of actions, projects, and treatments in areas targeted for habitat conservation and restoration, and continue conversion of wildlife data to regional geospatial coverages in cooperation with partners, while ensuring consistent methodologies in delineating occupied habitat; coordinate wildlife related environmental education to stimulate public understanding of the BLM role in maintaining and enhancing viable populations of wildlife and wildlife habitat; support priority projects to primarily benefit wildlife resources. Benefitting wildlife, a public resource serves a public purpose; and develop decision support tools and information to enhance wildlife conservation (in collaboration with all land management entities that need to address a species conservation issue regardless of jurisdictional boundaries). For a full announcement, instructions, and application materials, please go to www.grants.gov and search under L20AS00038 to download forms and instructions.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 6, 2020
Amount: $150,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # L20AS00043
Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of Glymphatic-Lymphatic Systems by Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research applications that explore the impact of and the mechanisms by which complementary and integrative health approaches regulate the activities of glymphatic/lymphatic systems, or investigate the effect of complementary and integrative health approaches on the interactions between glymphatic/lymphatic functions and physiological/pathological processes. Proposed mechanistic studies may be in relevant animal models and/or human research participants. This FOA will not support clinical trials aiming to assess efficacy or effectiveness of clinical outcomes.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 9, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-21-001.html
Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of Glymphatic-Lymphatic Systems by Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research applications that explore the impact of and the mechanisms by which complementary and integrative health approaches regulate the activities of glymphatic and lymphatic systems, or investigate the effect of complementary and integrative health approaches on the interactions between glymphatic/lymphatic functions and physiological/pathological processes. Proposed mechanistic studies may be in relevant animal models and/or human research participants. This FOA will not support clinical trials aiming to assess efficacy or effectiveness of clinical outcomes.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 9, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-21-002.html
Research Education Program Grants for CryoEM and CryoET Curriculum Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this Common Fund R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Curriculum or Methods Development in cryoelectron microscopy (cryoEM) and cryoelectron tomography (cryoET) for biology research.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 24, 2020
Amount: $115,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-010.html
NICHD Biomedical Informatic Resource Centers Grants (P41 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the continued operation, enhancement, and dissemination of unique database resources and/or bioinformatics tools that are of major importance to the research community using animal models of embryonic developmental processes. These grants will support ongoing development, maintenance, and enhancement of the tools and/or resource, user training and services, provision of community-generated data storage and archiving, and wide dissemination of the tools and/or resource.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
Amount: $1,750,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-126.html